172 had wrote that "antifa is a group of extreme left wing members that is violent during their protests" on his questionnaire
Judge Moon asks that if he heard antifa was present at Unite The Right, would he assume they were responsible for the violence? "I would assume that was most likely" - 172
Moon asks that if the plaintiffs are not 'antifa' can he differentiate them and still decide the case fairly
172 wrote on his questionnaire that he could set aside his opinions when deciding the case, Judge Moon asks if that's still the case, he says yes. Moon sends him back to the jury room.
Plaintiffs have more Qs for this juror and ask for time to submit them - they're being sent on notes for Judge Moon to read
172 is asked if the plaintiffs prove "these defendants conspired to come to Charlottesville and conspired to take violent action... even tho other groups may have committed violent acts, can you try the case btwn these plaintiffs & these defendants, regardless...?" 172 says yes.
Potential juror 176 is in now - being asked the usual question about hardship, medical concerns, etc. - doesn't seem to be any
Judge Moon asks 176 if he'd heard of the "Unite The Right rally", 176 confuses this with the term "the right to rally." 176 says he doesn't really know much about the event, hadn't heard of the defendants. Tells Moon he doesn't have any reason to think he couldn't be a fair juror
some kind of squeaky device sounding like a rubber ducky just squeaked in the courtroom(?)
Plaintiffs submit a note asking 176 if he is "aware of any preconceived notions about the case" in favor of any parties", he says no. The squeaky sound is back again, probably a chair(?)
Richard Spencer says "since we don't have the questionnaire that he filled out, would it be appropriate for him to answer the questions that were on the questionnaire?" Plaintiffs suggest he fill out the questionnaire (apparently missing) - 176 says "it's in my car"
176 leaves, probably to get the form from his car, 177 is to come in next. Plaintiffs ask to raise an issue before they come in. "In regard to some jurors' extreme views about antifa, we do not think questions about the plaintiffs not being antifa...are sufficient"
Jurors with these views are "more likely to believe defendants' claims of self defense...while we don't think the plaintiffs are antifa we don't think [stating that] cures the issue".
Judge Moon. -"the evidence is likely to say that antifa committed certain acts of violence at this Unite The Right rally... but the fact that persons had not committed acts, that's one of the things where... the jury says they will follow the law and the evidence, i don't know"
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Day 2 of the Sines v Kessler Charlottesville Nazi rally civil rights lawsuit is getting underway now - Judge Norman Moon just took the bench. Jury selection began yesterday and continues today. Tweets from yesterday can be found in the thread here:
One of the Nazi's defense lawyers is in the emergency room but Kessler/Damigo/Identity Evropa's lawyer James Kolenick will be handling his client for jury selection. Plainitffs also raise an isue they say they researchd last night they want addressed before the end of Voir Dire
Judge Moon is bringing in the first jury panel for today (the third so far) now. By our count, 7 jurors were seated to the jury panel yesterday, leaving 5 left to select. The alt-right defendants have been eager to hone in on views about "antifa" when contesting potential jurors.
BREAKING: The federal civil rights lawsuit brought against organizers of the August 12, 2017 neo-nazi ‘Unite The Right” rally goes to trial today in Charlottesville, Virginia. The trial is expected to last several weeks. We’re in the courthouse to bring you updates on the case.
The trial is expected to last several weeks; jury selection is beginning today. The long list of defendants are accused of conspiring to deprive Charlottesville residents and anti-racist protesters of their civil rights via racially motivated violence and intimidation.
Judge Norman K. Moon just took his seat and begins by reminding those present that audio and video recording is forbidden in the court house. He now asks plaintiffs and defendants to identify themselves and their attorneys.
Roberta Kaplan will be speaking for plaintiffs today
#BreakingNews: The U.S. Supreme Court has for the second time declined to temporarily halt #Texas' 6-week abortion ban while its legality is litigated.
Before the law went into effect on September 1, 2021, the Center for Reproductive Rights and their partners filed a lawsuit, which the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals intervened in and ruled for the law to go into effect.
At that point, the pro-choice coalition filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the court denied the appeal. Today, the Supreme Court denied a second request, but this time the request came from the Department of Justice.
"Scraped from mobile devices and messaging app accounts, some of which were leaked and published online by activist media outlet Unicorn Riot.." Thanks for the credit and mention. Although, we are an independent, nonprofit horizontally-run media organization.🙂🦄
We were on the ground covering the white supremacist mob in 2017 in Charlottesville, VA. Here's our article about their assembly at ‘Nameless Field’ on University of Virginia (UVA) campus on the night of August 11, 2017. unicornriot.ninja/2017/white-sup…
The “Unite The Right” rally took place as scheduled in Emancipation Park the next day (Aug. 12, 2017). Thousands of anti-racist protesters arrived to confront the neo-nazis, KKK members, and other self-identified racists and fascists. unicornriot.ninja/2017/violent-w…
We provided live coverage from the 20th annual Four Directions All Nations March in #Denver last week, which gave space to and highlighted Rita Martinez, Tigray, Palestine, and 'genocide schools,' or residential schools. Check out our coverage here ---> unicornriot.ninja/2021/20th-annu…
In our article you'll find five videos cut from the stream which are of the speeches about each topic. Here's the Rita Martinez portion. vimeo.com/636717761
#NEW: No Charges for Unnamed Federalized Deputies that Killed #WinstonSmith
During a press conference 4 days later, attorneys for Smith’s family revealed that all officers involved in the task force refused to speak with investigators after killing Smith. unicornriot.ninja/2021/no-charge…
An upcoming comedian, artist, and father of three, 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith Jr. was fatally shot on June 3 by two unnamed deputies working for North Star Task Force as U.S. Marshals while in a car atop an Uptown Minneapolis parking ramp with his date after eating lunch.